diff --git a/cook.sh b/cook.sh
index bf7dc97b2e7e53aae98a9041bb3ffc11d41ba038..cdff410ea3d78c59ab7928bd318191e41e5ff804 100755
--- a/cook.sh
+++ b/cook.sh
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ function op {
                         then
                             cp -v "$bin" "$stage/$BINDIR/$(basename $bin)"
                         else
-                            ${STRIP} -v "$bin" -o "$stage/$BINDIR/$(basename $bin)"
+                            "${STRIP}" -v "$bin" -o "$stage/$BINDIR/$(basename $bin)"
                         fi
                     done
                 else